PUBLIC NOTICE – FIRE BAN IN EFFECT
Hastings Highlands, ON – August 06, 2025
The Municipality of Hastings Highlands has implemented a TOTAL FIRE BAN that prohibits all open fires effective immediately.
Due to dry conditions, high heat, and lack of forecasted precipitation the Chief Fire Official of Hastings Highlands has implemented a TOTAL FIRE BAN for all of Hastings Highlands.
This total fire ban applies to all land within the Municipality of Hastings Highlands, including:
- All cottages, private and commercial.
- All interior/backcountry camping – lake access, canoe tripping and backpacking.
- All trails
During a fire ban:
- Campfires are not permitted at any time.
- Charcoal barbeques or biomass units using natural burning fuels (i.e. sticks, twigs, pinecones, etc.) are not permitted.
- Candles of any type are not permitted.
- Fireworks of all types are not permitted.
- Portable outdoor living gas or propane fire pits or fire bowls manufactured for the intended purpose of outdoor ambience and recreational enjoyment that produce a flame are not permitted; and
- Portable gas/propane/naphtha stoves or barbeques that have a fuel source with a control valve may still be used. Anyone using an outside wood fired boiler as a source of heat for their dwelling unit and/or hot water are required to have a chimney cap in place with no larger than ¼” mesh in place and burn with small fires and extreme caution at this time. Open Air Fire Bylaw 2020-047
